Release of Music Processing Suite 1.4.0

Music Processing Suite 1.4.0 was released on May 28, 2019.

New Features and Enhancements:

• Ugraded Eclipse base platform to 2019-03 (4.11)
• Implemented support for tranposing instruments, which are automatically transposed correctly in generated scores. Non-transposing variants are still available for most instruments.
• Added octave transpositions for the following instruments:
  • Piccolo
  • (Soprano) Recorder
  • Acoustic Guitar
  • Acoustic Steel Guitar
  • Electric Jazz Guitar
  • Electric Guitar
  • Muted Electric Guitar
  • Overdriven Electric Guitar
  • Distorted Electric Guitar
• Added new instrument definitions:
  • Garklein Recorder
  • Sopranino Recorder
  • Alto Recorder
  • Tenor Recorder
  • Bass Recorder
  • Great Bass Recorder
  • Contrabass Recorder
  • Sub-Great Bass Recorder
  • Sub-Contrabass Recorder
  • Soprano Saxophone in Bb
  • Alto Saxophone in Eb
  • Tenor Saxophone in Bb
  • Baritone Saxophone in Eb
  • Clarinet in Bb
  • Clarinet in A
  • Clarinet in Eb
  • Bass Clarinet
  • Bass Clarient in Bb
  • Contrabassoon
  • Trumpet in D
  • Trumpet in Bb
  • English Horn in F
  • Horn (synonym to Frensh Horn)
  • Horn in F
  • Celesta
  • Glockenspiel
  • Xylophone
  • Ukulele
  • Euphonium
  • Soprano Vocals
  • Mezzo-Soprano Vocals
  • Alto Vocals
  • Tenor Vocals
  • Baritone Vocals
  • Bass Vocals
• Added default octaves and default clefs for cello and double bass
• Added documentation for transposing instruments
• Improved typesetting for instrument names in scores containing special characters (like the flat in Bb)
• Added option to show/hide short instrument names in scores
• Scores and analysis reports are now opened automatically after compilation
• New splash screen

Incompatible changes:

• Instrument definition parameter lilyPondInstrumentName was renamed to the more generic midiInstrumentName. If you define custom instruments using this parameter, these must be changed accordingly.

Bugfixes:

• Chords can now be used in conjunction with tied rhythms, in which case all chord notes are tied to the next note
• Pitches, degrees and syllables used in conjuction with tied notes are now extended correctly
• Fixed overflowing instrument names in scores
• Fixed IllegalStateException during MC2L validation of incomplete fragment references
• Fixed NullPointerException during MC2L validation of incomplete note durations
• Minor documentation formatting fixes